About Lesa's Book Critiques
| I have been a library manager/administrator for over 30 years, in Ohio, Florida, Arizona, and, now, Indiana. Library Journal Mystery Reviewer of the Year 2018. 2022 Raven Award recipient from Mystery Writers of America. Recipient of the 2018 David Thompson Memorial Special Service Award from Bouchercon Board. Winner of the 2011 Arizona Library Association Outstanding Library Service Award. I am a mystery columnist for Library Journal, Mystery Readers Journal, and ReadertoReader.com. Author of the “Mystery Fiction” chapter in Genreflecting: A Guide to Popular Reading Interests (7th ed.) Winner of the 2009 and 2010 Spinetingler Awards for Best Reviewer. |
Recent Posts
The Plot and the Pendulum by Jenn McKinlay
Jenn McKinlay's latest Library Lover's Mystery has one of my favorite covers, and The Plot and the Pendulum is one of my favorite books in the series as well. McKinlay's descriptions of the scenery and weather in Connecticut in October tie in beautifully with the...
Sinister Graves by Marcie R. Rendon
Every couple years, Marcie R. Rendon comes out with another Cash Blackbear mystery. Sinister Graves is the third in this bleak series. Despite the dark atmosphere, I still read each book, hoping for a glimpse of hope. In this case, there's a Native woman called...
The Socialite’s Guide to Murder by S. K. Golden
Hotels have always been popular as settings for crime fiction. In the last few years, though, there's been an element added. Maybe it was there before, and I wasn't aware of it. In Audrey Keown's Hotel 1911 mysteries, the amateur sleuth, a hotel clerk, has panic...